As early as the 1970s, the new
graduate nurse experience has been recognized by nurse researchers as traumatic and shocking (Casey, Fink, Krugman, & Propst, 2004).
Literature often reviews what healthcare facilities need from new
graduate nurses; however, it is important to analyze what new
graduate nurses need to be successful in transitioning to their new role.
In the 2010 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, nursing practice and education must be transformed to support nurses along the continuum of nursing, including the transitioning of new
graduate nurses. Recommendations include strategies such as didactic education, use of simulation, and dedicated preceptors, as well as a planned program for the transition to practice of new nurses.
An integrative review of the factors influencing new
graduate nurse engagement in interprofessional collaboration.
Propst, "The
graduate nurse experience," Journal of Nursing Administration, vol.
These assigned tracks were posted at the nurse's station so that the charge nurses could work to correctly assign patients to each particular new
graduate nurse.
"When we first had
graduate nurses around some 30 years ago they were very few and seen as elite.
The purpose of this study was to explore
graduate nurses' experience of postgraduate education within a NETP programme.
We have had
graduate nurse training since 2004 and England has only just initiated this.'
Intended for
graduate nurse education programs, this textbook applies education principles and practices to the nursing field, and offers advice on transitioning from clinician to educator.
MLSO graduates now receive an annual salary of pounds 7,476 a year, just over half the salary of a
graduate nurse, whilst checkout assistants in High Street supermarkets may net more than pounds 9,000.
Fink, Krugman, Casey, and Goode (2008) assessed residency programs using the Casey-Fink
Graduate Nurse Experience Survey.